Interior component for a vehicle with a modular passenger service unit

Abstract

An interior component for an interior room of an aircraft is provided. The interior component includes a body having a first surface and a second surface and a multitude of functional modules which form a passenger service unit. The second surface is arranged opposite to the first surface and comprises a recess. The multitude of functional modules are arranged one after another in the recess in the longitudinal direction of the interior component, such that a first front surface of the functional module arranged frontally in the longitudinal direction closes flush with a first front surface of the body.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the priority of the German Patent Application No. 10 2014 101 895.8, filed Feb. 14, 2014; which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The subject matter described herein generally relates to an interior component for an aircraft and to an aircraft comprising such an interior component and more specifically relates to an interior component for an aircraft that comprises a recess in which a multitude of functional modules for supplying one or several passengers are arranged.BACKGROUND[0003]In vehicles designed for passenger transport, in particular for the transport of a plurality of passengers, for example in an aircraft passenger compartment, functional modules are arranged above the passenger seats; i.e., in the overhead region above the passengers, which functional modules supply passengers with, for example, light, air, emergency oxygen, or information.[0004]The functional modul...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]If the functional modules are installed with reference to the entire passenger compartment, because of cumulative component tolerances of the functional modules, over the entire length of the passenger compartment of an aircraft this can result in very considerable fluctuation of the positions of the functional modules. These fluctuations can be prevented or reduced in that the functional modules are installed with reference to an interior component. Equipment tolerances thus have an effect only in the region of an interior component.

[0013]If two interior components that are essentially identical are installed one after another in a passenger compartment, component tolerances of the functional modules in an interior component do not have an effect on the position of the functional modules in the second interior component, because the functional modules are arranged such that the front functional module in each case closes flush with a front surface of the interior component.

[0014]A functional module can, in particular, be provided for supplying an entire seat row; in other words seats arranged side by side, so that a functional module can comprise several functional units of the same type that are arranged side by side. Various functions for a seat row are made possible in that various functional modules are arranged one after another and are associated with a seat row. Depending on the manner in which the interior component is arranged in the longitudinal direction with reference to the seats or the seat rows, the position or the order of the functional modules in the longitudinal direction of the interior component can vary. If the seat configuration is changed to the effect that the seat pitch of seats arranged one after another is increased, the functional modules associated with a seat can also be displaced, and any resulting gaps can be covered by so-called blank modules. The blank modules can be flat elements, for example flat panels without any further function, for merely covering up the resulting gaps.

Problems solved by technology

If the functional modules are installed with reference to the entire passenger compartment, because of cumulative component tolerances of the functional modules, over the entire length of the passenger compartment of an aircraft this can result in very considerable fluctuation of the positions of the functional modules.

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